DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SUN 08/30 Hampshire_IL 889ft pt37818@42.147,-88.420,844ft BLIPSPOT sfc.temp. adjusted by +0.1 degF SPONSORED BY: ChicagoLand Glider Council RUC - Last Analysis,Validation Time = 12Z 0Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time - - - - - - 0954z - - 1002z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 77.8 - - 80.6 - - 76.0 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 86 - - 35 - - -19 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1251 - - 1585 - - 49 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 922 - - 922 - - 922 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 2140 - - 2474 - - 938 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 588 - - 902 - - 815 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 207 - - 177 - - 19 W* B/S - - - - - - 2 - - 2 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 20 - - 15 - - 6 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 209 - - 231 - - 182 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 9 - - 11 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -2 - - -1 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -1152 - - -1041 - - -825 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 3292 - - 3515 - - 1763 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -6534 - - -5631 - - -5403 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 8674 - - 8105 - - 6341 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 100 - - 84 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 70 - - 710 - - 1130 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 77.8 - - 80.6 - - 76.0 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 66.3 - - 68.1 - - 70.9 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 77.4 - - 80.5 - - 77.3 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 65.4 - - 67.3 - - 70.7 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 86 - - 35 - - -19 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1251 - - 1585 - - 49 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 100 - - 102 - - 36 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 13 - - 14 - - 17 EXPERIMENT2 PROFILES OF WIND SPEED [kt] AND DIRECTION [degTrue] ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- Height 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z [ft] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [ft] 99186 9 140 10 121 6 033 99186 91740 8 117 8 073 14 080 91740 85982 9 100 7 083 12 065 85982 81210 11 084 7 107 6 057 81210 77109 10 105 5 063 6 062 77109 73488 8 115 3 121 3 038 73488 70206 3 169 2 180 7 330 70206 67192 3 161 6 217 10 283 67192 64403 5 006 1 144 7 253 64403 61710 7 340 4 331 4 307 61710 58923 14 305 10 295 11 299 58923 56050 20 292 20 285 17 286 56050 53324 22 306 20 279 20 291 53324 50880 30 311 23 302 23 290 50880 48689 38 312 30 312 29 295 48689 46706 40 302 42 302 35 288 46706 44892 42 290 46 291 38 287 44892 43217 44 296 38 293 40 292 43217 41658 44 291 32 301 38 293 41658 40190 40 287 32 304 36 285 40190 38799 35 297 34 302 39 282 38799 37447 35 303 38 298 41 286 37447 36065 32 299 42 294 45 287 36065 34623 36 287 43 291 46 282 34623 33124 38 283 41 287 39 282 33124 31557 36 282 35 287 35 282 31557 29911 34 276 33 283 33 279 29911 28183 34 268 33 281 30 281 28183 26373 36 272 30 289 30 283 26373 24488 38 279 29 292 35 287 24488 22534 35 284 31 278 40 296 22534 20505 33 289 28 263 37 307 20505 18391 35 286 29 262 38 313 18391 16237 33 277 36 258 32 314 16237 14161 31 266 36 252 23 315 14161 12275 26 256 31 240 27 274 12275 10597 25 256 29 238 36 267 10597 9104 30 252 28 243 35 257 9104 7775 32 247 28 255 32 243 7775 6594 35 247 30 266 29 238 6594 5546 37 246 31 270 26 235 5546 4624 39 241 31 261 23 228 4624 3809 38 234 31 245 25 223 3809 3081 35 226 27*236 27 222 3081 2438 29*218 21*232 27 218 2438 1902 22*211 16 230 23 212 1902 1490 21 209 15 231 19 204 1490 1208 20 209 14 230 13 192 1208 1036 17 209 12 230 11 188 1036 938 13 208 10 230 6*182 938 PARAMETER KEY: (basic parameter information is provided at http://www.drjack.info/BLIP/INFO/basic_parameters.html) (more complete parameter descriptions are at http://www.drjack.info/BLIP/RUC/INFO/parameters.html) (additional help is at http://www.drjack.info/BLIP/INFO/index.html, e.g. "For NEW USERS" section) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time = UTC Time of BLIPSPOT calculation FCST PERIOD = Hours from model initialization time Temp@2m = Temperature at 2m AGL [F] Sfc.Heating = Surface Heating of atmosphere [W/m^2] BL Depth = Depth of the Boundary (Mixing) Layer [ft] Hcrit = Height of Critical Updraft Strength [ftMSL] BL Top = Height of Boundary Layer Top (TI=0 height) [ftMSL] Hgt.Variab = Thermal Height Variability (difference between TI=+4{F} & TI=0 Heights) [ft] W* = Thermal Updraft Velocity (subtract glider sink rate to get vario) [fpm] B/S = Buoyancy/Shear Ratio (thermals may be unworkable if 5 or less) BL Wind = Wind Speed averaged through BL [kt] Direction = Wind Direction averaged through BL [degTrue] Max.Converg = Max. Vertical Velocity created by BL Convergence [x10^-2 kt] (note: BLIPMAPs provide better evaluation since convergence lines are usually mobile CLOUDpotent = Expect clouds at or above sfcLCL if positive (difference between H(TI=0) & sfcLCL) [ft] sfcLCL = Base of Lowest Clouds, if CLOUDpotent>0 (LCL = Lifting Condensation Level based upon sfc. humidity) [ftMSL] ODpotential = Expect extensive clouds at blCL if positive (difference between H(TI=0) & blCL) [ft] bLCL = Base of Extensive Clouds, if ODpotential>0 (bl CL = Condensation Level based upon BL humidity) [ftMSL] maxRH = Maximum Relative Humidity in BL [%] CAPE = Convective Available Potential Energy [J/kg] Temp@2m = Temperature at 2m AGL [F] DewPt@2m = Dew Point Temp. at 2m AGL [F] Temp@Bot = Temperature at 16m AGL (bottom of grid) [F] (intended for DrJack's use) DewPt@Bot = Dew Point Temp. at 16m AGL (bottom of grid) [F] (intended for DrJack's use) Sfc.Heating = Surface Heating of atmosphere [W/m^2] BL Depth = Depth of the Boundary (Mixing) Layer [ft] EXPERIMENT = Mystery variable for test purposes (intended for DrJack's use) * = Indicates BL Top (TI=0 Height) on profiles Note: printed heights are for 18Z - heights for other times differ slightly Results neglect thermals created by small-scale features not resolved by the smoothed model topography